Margyricarpus setosus.

Botanical name: 

Margyricarpus setosus Ruiz et Pav. Rosaceae. Pearl Berry.

A native of Brazil, says Loudon, on arid hills. It bears pearl-like fruit, resembling that of the mistletoe but differing from it in having a grateful and acid taste.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.